State Monopoly Forecloses Market Competition

This provision designates Ghana Post as the exclusive provider of letters, postcards, printed matters, and small parcels (as defined in Section 26), preventing private sector competition in these segments. While private operators face mandatory licensing and technology requirements in non-reserved segments, Ghana Post operates in protected markets without equivalent performance mandates. The provision grants Ghana Post unregulated authority to delegate reserved functions "subject to such conditions as it may determine in writing" (subsection 4), creating a sub-licensing system with no specified criteria or Commission oversight, enabling potentially arbitrary market access decisions.